Persian Gulf-1947: Sailing Ship in Rough Seas with Crashing Waves

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Year1947
Decade1940s
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

$149 · CommercialDirect license: commercial and editorial use

$149 USD flat · royalty-free worldwide · 4K restored master (MP4)

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Sailing Ship in Rough Seas with Crashing Waves — Clip Details

Sailing through rough seas in the Persian Gulf in 1947, this 8mm home movie captures a ship battling turbulent waves under an overcast sky. The vessel rocks violently, with water crashing against the hull and spray flying. Shot from the deck, the footage shows the ship's structure silhouetted against churning blue water, conveying the power of the ocean. The grainy, color-bleached quality of the Super 8 film adds to the authentic vintage feel, offering a rare glimpse of maritime life during the postwar era.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124759549

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1947 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Not recorded Unidentified (Insufficient evidence for a responsible conclusion.)
Location evidence: No location is recorded for this clip.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful 1940s maritime archival footage for documentary inserts, travel sequences, naval context, or weather-at-sea coverage using real 8mm home-movie material.
Period detail: The frames may show a mid-20th-century vessel at sea, with ship fittings, rigging, and deck railings silhouetted against rough open water.
Home-movie behavior: The camera appears handheld from the deck, recording the ship's movement through heavy seas from an immediate passenger or crew viewpoint.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rolling ocean swells, a dark ship structure, deck railings, rigging lines, overcast sky, spray, and blue-tinted water.
Film character: The 8mm scan has soft focus, visible grain, faded color, exposure variation, and handheld instability that reflect its physical home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief cutaway, transition, weather insert, or experiential beat for rough sea travel in a 1940s sequence.
Historical context: The footage gives visual context for postwar-era sea travel or work at sea without identifying the vessel, route, or specific event from the frames alone.
Research note: No people, logos, or readable markings are visible, but copyright status and any vessel or location identification should still be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1940s 8mm rough seas, deck-view ship footage, Persian Gulf maritime home movie, ocean swells, and vintage sailing footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then with clips from the same reported 1947 Persian Gulf context, then with broader rough-sea or shipboard footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1940s 8mm deck view of rolling sea, with a dark ship structure and railing silhouetted against an overcast sky. — A deck-level view shows the ship moving through rough open water.

Deck-facing view of choppy sea, with the vessel's forward edge and dark equipment visible against a cloudy horizon. — Choppy waves rise ahead of the vessel as deck equipment frames the right side.

Handheld 8mm frame from a vessel deck, showing open swells, railing posts, and a dark ship structure at right. — The vessel appears to pitch beside rolling waves and a low horizon.

Deck view with rigging lines, a dark cabin-like structure, and rough sea beyond, reportedly from Persian Gulf footage. — Rigging and deck structure cross the frame as rough water continues in the background.

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